Electric-current-collecting device



S. S. MATTHES'.

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED OCT. I7. 1921.

1,416,045. Patented May 16, 1922.

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SAMUEL S. MATTERS, 0F MANSFIELDiOHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO BRASS COMPANY,

OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. I

ELECTRICCUBRENTCOLLECTING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lflay 16, 1922,

Application filed October 17, 1921. Serial No. 508,120.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. MATTHES, a citizen of the United States of America residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric- Current- Collecting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toa current collecting device and particularly to that class which is applicable to use with a car or bus operated without the use of tracks and known as trackless trolley operation.

It has for its object a device which will collect current from a plurality of overhead conductors of different polarity; to be so mounted on the trolley pole or other support as to adjust itself to variations in the, relative height of the trolley conductors and movement or swing of the bus from the center line of the conductors to either side thereof; to maintain itself in substantial alinement with the trolley conductors under all conditions.

In the accompanyingv drawing 2- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device se cured to a supporting pole.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the connecting means for mounting the head on the pole or suport. p In my preferred construction I employ a pole or support 1, which is of the ordinary well known types now in use, upwardlyspring-pressed and mounted, at the lower end, to the bus by any well known trolley base. Mounted on the support 1 is the head H involving my invention. The head c0m prises atriangularly shaped frame comprising the arms 2-2 and 3. The arms 22 are secured together through adjacent ends by the members 4 1 which are anchored in place by rivets, bolts or screws 5. Projecting from the members 4cand shown as integral therewith are studs 6 up on which are mounted the contactors 7 -7 shown as revolving wheels but which may be of the sliding or shoe type.

Also pivotally mounted on one of the studs 4 and the arm 3 is a trailer or alining member. A spring 9 holds the member 8 in an upwardly pressed direction. The arm 3 is shown as of wood in order to electrically insulate the members 77 from each other and the arms 2-2 are also shown as of wood to insulate the. members 7-7 and 8 from the pole 1. The insulation between the members 7-7, 8 and 1 may be of other material having a recess 15 to receive the end of the, support 1 to which it is held by the pins 16 and a recess 17 in which the member 18 is p votally mounted. The member 18 is provided with a stud 19 fitting the recess 17 and held. 1n place by the nut 20 and is also provided with a plate 21. The plate 21 is notched at 22 and thesides of thenotch engage a pin 23 which limits theamountof pivotal action of the member 18 relative to.

the member 14:. I The member 18 is provided with apro- 1ect1ng stud 2 1 which fits a recess 25 in the member 26. The member 26 is provided with a notch 27, the sides of which engage a pin 28 on the member 18 and a nut 29 holds the members 26 in position on the stud 14.

There are many variations in the detailed disclosure described above and shown in the drawings which will be evident to those skilled in the art. and which variations will fall within the scope of my invention.

It will be evident that in the operation of my invention that the head H will be maintamed in a predetermined alinement with the conductors 3O regardless of the angle which the support 1 may take with the head H. so long as the limit of movement between the head,- H and the support 1 is not exceeded or the limit of swivel betweenthe members 18 and 26 is not exceeded. The tension of the spring 9 isless than the tension in thespring maintaining the support 1 in a raised position with the contactors in engagement with the conductor thereby avoiding forcing either of the members 7-7 01f its conductor. I l

What I claim is 1. A collector for. electric currents comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support member in rotatable and pivotal relation thereto, the head comprising a triangular shaped member having a contacting member at each of two of its corners and the third corner adjacent the support member, and having the contacting members insulated from each other and a trailing member at one corner 01. the triangular member to engage ,a trolley wire and maintain the head in alinement with the trolley wire.

2. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support in rotatable and pivotal relation thereto, the head comprising a pair of spaced .and insulated contactors to engage conductors and insulated from the support, and a contacting member arranged to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

3. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to en gage a conductor and spaced and insulated.

from each other and from the support, and

provided with means to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

4:. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and from the support, and provided with means pivotally mounted on the head to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

5. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and from the support, and provided with spring-held means pivotally mounted on the head to engage one of the [conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

' 6. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors eachto engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and from the support, and .provided with upwardly-spring-held means A pivotally mounted on the head to engage one ofthe conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

7 .A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support,'the head provided with a contactor adapted to engage .a conductor and insulated from the support," and means pivotally mounted on the head in line with the contactor to maintain the head in alinement with the conductor.

8. A current collector comprising in com bination a support member and a head rotatably mounted on'the support, the head provided with a contactor adapted to engage a conductor and insulated from the support, and means pivotally mounted on the head in line with the contactor to maintain the head in alinement with the conductor.

9. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head pivotally mounted on the support, the head provided with a contactor adapted to engage a conductor and insulated from the support, and means pivotally mounted on the head in line with the contactor to maintain the head in alinement with the conductor.

' 10. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head pivotally and rotatably mounted on the support, the head. provided with .a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and from the support, and provided with means to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors, and means to limit the amount of pivotal and rotatable motion.

11. A current collector comprising in combination a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor, means supporting, spacing and insulating the contactors, means to support the contactors from a moving vehicle, means for securing to and insulating the contactors from the support in pivotal and rotatablerelation thereto, means to main-- tain the contactors in alinement with the conductors and means to limit the pivotal and rotatable movement.

12. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced from each other and from the support, and provided with means to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors,

13. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and mounted to rotate relatively to the support, and provided with means to engage one of the conductors to maintain the head in alinement with the conductors.

14. A current collector comprising in combination a support member and a head mounted on the support, the head provided with a plurality of contactors each to engage a conductor and spaced and insulated from each other and mounted to pivot relatively spaced and insulated from each other and from the support, and provided with means 10 to engage one of the conductors to maintain the cross-head in alineinent with the oonduotors.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL S. MATTHES. 

